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still waiting...took it 8/17, all my co-residents have gotten their results
I can't imagine what idiot falls for taking 2+ days to load 8000 emails + PDFs. Can you imagine how useless the internet would be if it websites were limited to like 160 users per hour? My ****ing Geocities website in 1995 could handle more traffic than that.
This reference to Geocities brought me back to when I was 14 and created a Robotech fan site on Geocities (*cringe*).
Anyway, to people worried that they are failing, I’m still waiting and so are at least three others from my program (two of which scored in the >90th percentile in the ITEs), so I wouldn’t worry too much about the delay being delegated to people who failed. Gulp!
Hahahahaha. Good luck with thatI noticed their servers are way slow, bordering on unresponsive at this point. Maybe if everyone stops refreshing and logging on the ABIM website, we may get our scores sooner?
I still have yet to get mine, FWIW.
I don’t think so..I noticed their servers are way slow, bordering on unresponsive at this point. Maybe if everyone stops refreshing and logging on the ABIM website, we may get our scores sooner?
I still have yet to get mine, FWIW.
What the hell test center did for so long if they had noise and didn’t inform you at that point??This is the letter:
ABIM conducted a thorough investigation of your examination experience at the Pearson VUE test center in Williamsville, NY while taking the Summer 2017 Internal Medicine Certification Exam. The proctor at the test center where you took your exam reported “Construction/remodeling noise (sawing, hammering, etc.) occurring off and on in test center office building starting at approximately 9:48 am and continuing throughout day.” Research into this issue revealed that the noise distractions from the construction were severe and, in most cases, not eliminated using the noise cancelling headphones or earplugs. We have therefore determined that the administration of your examination did not meet ABIM standards and apologize for any anxiety and inconvenience that you may have experienced.
ABIM is working to provide candidates with examination feedback as soon as possible. You will receive email notification once your results are available to you through your secure physician portal.
Since this exam administration did not meet ABIM’s expectations, your result for the Summer 2017 examination will be recorded as “Indeterminate” (IND). In addition, ABIM is offering you the option to either take the next administration of the examination at no charge or receive a full refund of this administration. Below are the options made available to you. Please respond to this email with your preferred option:
It’s the same every year.. I think once they are done with this, people don’t feel like dealing with this S*** , so they don’t care and leave.. and thus, it continues to happen every year..waiting, checking, refreshing, puking...90% pass rate isn't much consolation at the 11th hour. no matter the outcomes, our experiences and agony need to be relayed to ABIM. After all, we are "customers" here. Completely unacceptable and incompetent. I encourage everyone to call, write letters, email, publish articles...make some noise about this.
2 people must be sitting at the computer and must be manually updating this.. otherwise why the hell would take this long..Do anyone have idea about what timeline are we looking at? It's past 48 hours since they started releasing data and seems they are releasing <100 per hour. Wonder what type of software this is
Yeah I agree with you.. even third world countries and under developed places have a better method of releasing results..Still waiting. And hearing about this invalidation is only adding to the anxiety. This is a truly horrible organization
I can feel your pain, as I was doing the same yesterday..Still waiting....can't count the number of times I've refreshed today.
2 people must be sitting at the computer and must be manually updating this.. otherwise why the hell would take this long..
It’s minimum sense to release pass or fail first and then 2 days later they can email score reports.. who cares about score reports at this point even if it’s a fail
Waiting
Nay, because I have to take sub speciality boards.. but again it’s personal preference and work requirement.Any thoughts about enrolling in MOC program? Yay or nay?
This is completelWhat the hell test center did for so long if they had noise and didn’t inform you at that point??
Try to enquirer what other people results that have given exam at the same test center on the same day. Ask ABIM how many such results are issued this time..
ABIM is proving to be more stupid in multiple aspects than I thought.
It’s the same every year.. I think once they are done with this, people don’t feel like dealing with this S*** , so they don’t care and leave.. and thus, it continues to happen every year..
They could have snail mailed the results out on Monday and we would have had them by now...
HA I was thinking this exact thing this morning.
went to my actual mailbox at 3 am to make sure ...
Yup waiting. I just called them. Lady said most will be out by Friday but some may take until Monday at the latest. I told her the system was inefficient and hung up.still waiting here. anyone else?
Thanks for the update.Just got my results 15 minutes back, Passed. Thank God! Best luck to all still waiting!
ridiculousness to the core!!Yup waiting. I just called them. Lady said most will be out by Friday but some may take until Monday at the latest. I told her the system was inefficient and hung up.
these ppl don deserve to manage thisridiculousness to the core!!
anyone who got result so far has failed the exam? any idea?
Can I ask a question, if some has not passed, does that show as "not certified" on abim website or you cannot search their name at all.One person in my prgm got their score on Tuesday... they failed.
Two people (including me) are still waiting for their scores from my prgm.
passed. time stamp 8:40am PST. good luck to all those waiting. the curve seems extremely generous.
Congrats!!!!passed. time stamp 8:40am PST. good luck to all those waiting. the curve seems extremely generous.